Creating Fictional Characters    by Lillie Ammann
Price: $1.99 USD. 9000 words. Published on August 7, 2011. .
Characters are the building blocks of fiction. Even in action stories, the action has to happen to characters. Phonetically, the word character begins with "care." Characters have to care about something for readers to care about the characters, and if readers don't care about your characters, they probably won't care about your plot, either. Learn how to create characters readers care about.